Tie-fastener



Patented Aug 23, 1921.

for

Ira/en Michael Henry in-hand tie may be easily draped and which UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

IICHAEL HENRY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of. Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

. Myvinvention relates to improvements in tie fasteners, and has for itsobject the pro- Visionof a tie fastener upon which any fouris guicklyand easily placed on a collar.

. ther objects will appear hereinafter.

The/invention consists in the combinationsand arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed. 7.

The invention will .be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming apart, of this'specification and in which, Figure 1 isa rear view of the tie fastener, Fig. 2, is a rear view with apartbroken away, I

Fig. 3, is a rear view with a portion in sectionto show the lockingmeans,

Fig. .4 is a top plan view, Fig. 5, is a view showingthe arrangement ofthe tie on the fastener, and Fig. 6, is a sectional view on the line6'-6 of1Fig. 1. The preferred form of construction con sists in ametallic casing'l having one end so bent outwardly as to form a flaringtongue 2. The flaring tongue 2 is rolled as at 3 to form a seatfor aflexible member 4. Small metallic hooks 5 are attached to the protrudingends of said flexible member 4, said hooks being adapted to be hookedinto the fabric portion of the tie, thus causing it to be draped aboutthe flare. The casing 1 has a slot 6 extending throughout its entirelength, said slot being adapted to contain a guide member 7. Attached toand extending in a lateral direction on each side of the top of thecasing 1 are curved metallic members 8, said members being adapted to beplaced under the flares of a collar to prevent the twisting of a tie andalso to form arms upon which the tie is draped. The guide member 7 is sobent that its central portion acts as a guide member and its ends are sobent as to form hooks .9. Below said hooks 9 is another set of hooks 10,the two sets 9 and 10 being adapted to be hooked into the fabric of thetie, thus assuringl a snug fit about the casing. The casing 1 asSpecification of Letters Patent.

HENRY,

Patented Aug. 23,1921.

' 'A pplicatlon filed August 2, 1920. Serial 110. 400,579.

three openings 11, said openings being" opposite the slot 6 andbeingofsuch diameter as to readily receive the head of a collar button. On theslotted side of. the casing and near its lowerv extremity, a wire loop16 is attached, said loopbeing of such a size as to readily receivethenarrow fly end of afour-in-hand tie. 7 j

Within th casing 1 isa metallic tube 12, said tube 12 containingaslotted ortion 13 which extends two-thirds its entirelength,

and a flaring end 14. On the opposite side of the tube from the slot 13areopenings 17,.said slot and openings being adapted to correspond tothe slot and openings in the casing 1, inwhich the tube is mounted.

A spring 15 is fastened to the top oftube j 12 and is adapted .to engagethe inner side of the top of the casing 1. Theassembly of the structureis 'as'follows: The tube 12 is Iplaced-within thecasing 1,. slot 13 insaid tu e adjacent the .slot Got the casing, and is pressed upwardly asfar as the spring 15 will permit. The guidermember 7 is then placed inthe slot 13 through the slot 6 and is made fast to the outercasingrThetube is then released and it is prevented from coming out of thecasing by the guide member resting against the top of the slot 13.

The operationof the deviceis as follows: A tie is draped over themembers 8 and about the casing' 1, ,said tie being held snugly about thecasing l by means of the hooks 9, 10 and ,5. The narrow-flare of thetie; is then pulled down through the loop 16. The tube-12 is thenpressed upwardly until'the openings 13 and 11 correspond; the members 8are then tucked up under the flares of the collar and the collar buttonhead is introduced into one of the openings 11; which of said openingsbeing dependent on the height of the collar. The tube 12 is thenreleased and the collar button becomes firmly wedged between the sidesof the opening in the tube and the casing.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the ap endedclaims,

Having described my invention, what I tie-engaging arms on claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

- a 1. An article of the class described comprising a tubular casinghaving laterally exarms; openlngs in said Y tending tie-engaging casing;means mounted within said casing adapted to engage a collar button headwhereby said head may be lockedin said openings, substantially asdescribed.

2. Anar ticleofthe class described coin: prising" a casing"havinglaterally extending.

the'op'posite' end two 'o r'more openings in said casingraf-slotopposite'said openings;

meansj' mounted within said casing and cooperating with said slotopenings where-' by a collar button may be locked insaid openingsand thelocking means held within the "casing, substantially as described.

{ii/An article of "the class described comprising a" casing "havinglaterally extending tie-"engagingarmsonone end and flares attheopposite'enma tube slidably mounted in as described:-

V the opposit saidfcas'i ng anjopening in said tube and in said'casingmeans whereby the tube and casing cooperate 'to "lock said article upona collar button in said'openin'gs, substantially {Al An articleofthec'lass describedcom-; prising 'a" casing haVin'gjl-aterallyextending tie-engaging armson "one 'end and flares at end a," tubeislidably mounted in saidcasing; alihed slojts and apertures in jward-,t'avel of said tube is limited, substan-.

said casing and tube a spring mounted -between the topof 'the tube'andthe'inner side of the top'ofthe casing; and limiting means mountedonsaid casing-whereby the downtially as described;

K1 5i An article'of the 'classidescribed comprising'a casing havinglaterally extending tie-engaging arms on one end and flares at theoppositeend"; a tube slidably mounted in said casing; alined slotsandapertures in said cas1ngand tube';; a guide member at one end and flareson 'mounted in said casing;

taehed to said casing and extending into the alined slots a springmounted between the top top of the casing;

ofthe tubea'nd the inner side of the and a laterally extending Wire loopmounted on the slotted side of said casin ,substantially as described. W6. 'in'article of the class described comprising a casing havinglaterally extending tie-engaging arms on one side and flares at theopposite end a tubeslidably mounted in said casing;--alinedslots andapertures in said casing andtube; a spring mounted-be,

tween the top of the tube and the inner side of the tubular casing;limiting means mounted 'onthe fcaslng' and extending-into the alinedslots; a laterally extending wire loop mounted on theslotted side:of'said casing;

a flexible member mounted on the base of the flared end and 'hooksattached; to the i protruding ends of said flexible member,

substantially as described;

7 An article of the class prising a casing-having laterallywextend'ingdeser ibedcomtie-engaging arms attached itoone end and Y flares at theopposite end; a tube slidably alined slots and apertures in saideasinandtube; a spring mountedbetweenithe top of the tube and the innersideof the tubular casing; limiting In testimony whereof I have :is'i'gnedr'my PM nameto this specification :in-the presence: of

two subscribing witnesses. a :n25-3 I MICHAEL vIrllEb-URY.

Witnesses. a

' JosrrUA-R; H. Poms, c

Rose K. Tum.

